I don't recall any threads in the past like this. Anyway, this is how I picture the characters:
Frank: 18 years old, dark brown eyes and hair, 6'1'', slim yet muscular.
Joe: 17 years old, blue eyes, blond (slightly wavy) hair, 6 feet, a bit stockier than his brother.
I see the brothers, basically how they are described in the Casefiles.
Fenton: 47 years old, gray eyes, graying dark brown hair, around 6 feet, slim for his age.
Laura: 43 years old, blue eyes, shoulder length wavy blond hair, slim and small.
Gertrude: Late 50s, blue eyes (with glasses), almost gray brown hair, 5'10'', slim.
Chet: 17 years old, blue eyes, curly red hair, 5'10'', plump.
Iola: 16 years old, green eyes, long curly brown hair, medium height for a women, slim.
Callie: 18 years old, brown eyes, wavy blond hair, slightly taller than Iola, slim.
Biff: 17 years old, blue eyes, short blond hair, 6'3'', big and muscular.
Tony: 18 years old, brown eyes, black hair, dark skin, 5'7'', slim.
Phil: 18 years old, brown eyes (black rimmed glasses), dark brown hair, 5'7'', slim.
Jerry: 17 years old, blue eyes, light brown hair, 5'11'', wiry.
Sam: 40 years old, blue eyes, sandy hair, 5'11'', slim but a bit stockier than Fenton.
Ezra: 50 years old, blue eyes, thinning gray hair, 5'10, plump.
Con: late 20s/early 30s, brown eyes, light brown hair, 6'3'', big but slim (if that makes any sense)
Jack Wayne: late 20s, blue eyes, blond hair, 5'11'', slim.
Smuff: late 40s, blue eyes, bald, 5'10'', fat.
I don't have a picture in my head of Ioa, as she is dead in the casefiles, and I like the Casefiles the best. The fact she is slowly dissapearing in the UBs does not help.
Well, she is described in the Casefiles. In fact, that's where I discovered she had green eyes, before that I always thought they were blue.
I pictuer people about like you. To me Frank's hair is medium length and Joe's is long like in the GNs. Chet has short spikey blond hair. Iola's hair is long and wavey.
I picture Frank and Joe to look like they do in the graphic novels.
For me, I sort of picture Frank and Joe looking they way they did on the covers of the Casefiles (like Edge Of Destruction) in terms of build, but then when it comes to the clothes they wear, unless it says differently in the text, when I'm reading a Grosset & Dunlap book, I picture them in a sport coat and slacks (not the dress pant slack, but the khaki style slack that still looks good for business or casual outings), while the Wanderer Digests I sort of picture them in a combination of both the sport coat and slacks along with a T-Shirt/pullover shirt and slacks. The later Digests I picture them in the same T-shirt and slack combination. Then in the Casefiles I picture Frank as wearing the same T-Shirt and slack combination as the Wanderer Digests, while Joe is running around in a T-Shirt and jeans (hey, they've got to look good for their future wives Nancy and Bess!). As for the UB's, I see the Hardys as being physically the build of a 10-12 year old, with Joe wearing baggy cargo pants while Frank probably wears the khaki style pant as well, but a size bigger to be baggy, and both of them running around in T-Shirts with the name or picture of a favorite TV show on them.
I never pictured Chet with Red hair, usually blonde.
You all know how I picture chet:
(http://www.popculturemadness.com/interview/pics/Guy-Fieri-02.jpg)
Oh---he's the guy from that trailer cooking show on the Food Network.
Guy Fieri.
Are you serious, JHR? That's how you picture Chet?
A lot of the descriptions by SDL is generally what I picture, but a lot is different, too.
What tomswift2002 said about the UBs is similar: I also picture the cargo/khaki pants, but with polo shirts.
I'll go into more in-depth for the rest in a bit.
Minus the beard..... seriously.
Oh, okay.
I think I picture him more like the drawings in the blue spine Originals.
I?ll use SDL?s list as a basis. I?ll just point out some of my differences. I may or may not be right about my descriptions according to the books, but this is just how I have seen the characters.
QuoteFrank: 18 years old, dark brown eyes and hair, 6'1'', slim yet muscular.
Joe: 17 years old, blue eyes, blond (slightly wavy) hair, 6 feet, a bit stockier than his brother.
I see the brothers, basically how they are described in the Casefiles.
Agreed. Just one little thing about
Joe ? I picture him with a little bit longer hair than Frank and/or (for lack of a better term) shaggier, but not wavy.
QuoteFenton: 47 years old, gray eyes, graying dark brown hair, around 6 feet, slim for his age.
Laura: 43 years old, blue eyes, shoulder length wavy blond hair, slim and small.
Gertrude: Late 50s, blue eyes (with glasses), almost gray brown hair, 5'10'', slim.
Exactly, except I think of
Gertrude with brown eyes, although I don't think I've clearly thought about her eye colour.
QuoteChet: 17 years old, blue eyes, curly red hair, 5'10'', plump.
Iola: 16 years old, green eyes, long curly brown hair, medium height for a women, slim.
Callie: 18 years old, brown eyes, wavy blond hair, slightly taller than Iola, slim.
Chet: I think of him with reddish, thick hair. Often blondish, too. Not really wavy. For the colour, I think it depends on the series.
Iola: I always saw her with long, very straight dark brown hair with brown eyes. But I may change my thinking to green eyes (lol).
Callie: I see her with shoulder-length, thick (but straight) blonde hair. (Edit: with blue eyes).
QuoteBiff: 17 years old, blue eyes, short blond hair, 6'3'', big and muscular.
Tony: 18 years old, brown eyes, black hair, dark skin, 5'7'', slim.
Phil: 18 years old, brown eyes (black rimmed glasses), dark brown hair, 5'7'', slim.
Jerry: 17 years old, blue eyes, light brown hair, 5'11'', wiry.
Sam: 40 years old, blue eyes, sandy hair, 5'11'', slim but a bit stockier than Fenton.
Ezra: 50 years old, blue eyes, thinning gray hair, 5'10, plump.
Con: late 20s/early 30s, brown eyes, light brown hair, 6'3'', big but slim (if that makes any sense)
Jack Wayne: late 20s, blue eyes, blond hair, 5'11'', slim.
Smuff: late 40s, blue eyes, bald, 5'10'', fat.
Exactly everything here. Except I can?t remember whether or not I see
Ezra and
Smuff with blue eyes. Probably, if it says so in the book.
And I didn?t know (or forgot) that
Phil had glasses. Plus, I think I might've thought
Jerry was older.
Quote from: Rainbows & Lollipops on May 10, 2009, 08:45:02 PM
I may or may not be right about my descriptions according to the books, but this is just how I have seen the characters.
Well, that's why I named this ''how do you picture the characters?'' not ''how are the characters described''.
Okay.
Oh, I forgot one thing ? I see Callie as having blue eyes (I?ll edit that).
Every book I've read says she has brown eyes...except for one Digest.
Heay guys hoy about this:
How do you picture Franklin W. Dixion?
Good question.
I see Callie with short blonde hair, and blue eyes, and Iola having long black hair and dark eyes.
Cool. You're very close to mine.
I was actually debating about saying short hair for Callie & black hair for Iola too, because I'm within that frame - no joke.
Basically, "short to shoulder-length" (Callie) and "dark brown to black" (Iola).
For Callie's, her hair kind of flips out a little, because it's just below her neck-that's the hairstyle I have for her. And for Iola, I kind of have this high ponytail thig.
Quote from: 003Robin457 on May 13, 2009, 05:06:52 PM
Heay guys hoy about this:
How do you picture Franklin W. Dixion?
It changes for me. Now he has medium length brown hair combed away from his eyes. He is in his 30s or early 40s. He smiles alot. He has a slite beard no longer than 2 cm. He looks kinda like that guys friend on Home Inprovement.
PS. Thats just right now, in a mounth or two he will be compleatly different.
Quote from: 003Robin457 on May 13, 2009, 05:06:52 PM
Heay guys hoy about this:
How do you picture Franklin W. Dixion?
This tall brown haired guy that wears a blue suit and looks like he came from the 1940's.
When I think of F.W. Dixon I think of Edward Stratemeyer.
I picture Franklin W. Dixon as looking like the guy from the old CBC TV series The Friendly Giant.
Quote from: 003Robin457 on May 14, 2009, 09:26:20 PM
It changes for me. Now he has medium length brown hair combed away from his eyes. He is in his 30s or early 40s. He smiles alot. He has a slite beard no longer than 2 cm. He looks kinda like that guys friend on Home Inprovement.
PS. Thats just right now, in a mounth or two he will be compleatly different.
ALOL. I know you're serious, but that made me laugh.
Quote from: SDLagent on May 14, 2009, 10:09:27 PM
When I think of F.W. Dixon I think of Edward Stratemeyer.
Me too. Either that, or some faceless guy from the olden days.
Quote from: Rainbows & Lollipops on May 15, 2009, 05:39:56 PM
ALOL. I know you're serious, but that made me laugh.
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Is that you smiling or Franklin? ;)
Actually, I saw a pic of Franklin W. Dixon in a book.... only, I forget what he looked like. :-\
Do you reamber wich book or wich printing?
Yeah, I saw that, too. The invisible guy?
I Googled Franklin W. Dixon, and this is what came up:
(http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/images/authorspics/20050808030413.jpg)
That's Edward Stratemeyer.
Well whatever! I just googled it and it came up!
Hey JHR thats Edward Stratemeyer!
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Play time's over children.
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Stop. My word is law.
Quote from: SDLagent on June 11, 2009, 10:11:52 PM
Keep Going. My word should be ignored.
I know, so juvenile.
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Wow. 4pages and all I see is SMILEYS!!?!? ??? (Getting off-topic)
Well, I picture the characters like this:
- Frank: Age 18, 6'1, Very Dark Brown, Brown Eyes, Muscular/Slim, well, I imagine him more based on the UBs. The GRAPHIC NOVEL to be exact.
- Joe: Age 17, 6'0, Blonde, Blue eyes, Muscular/Slim, And more on the UB Trilogy models.
- Chet: Age 17, 5'10, Curly/Red Hair, Freckles (lol), A bit fat XD
- Fenton: on his 40's, 6'0, Grey/old hair, old man, muscular.
- Nancy Drew (on Super Mysteries): Her original age? 17?, Blond hair, Blue eyes, 5'10?, Slim, I base Nancy Drew more on Emma Roberts.
Umm...that be all :P :P ;D ;D
Quote from: joshuamiguel on July 03, 2009, 07:23:37 PM
Wow. 4pages and all I see is SMILEYS!!?!? ??? (Getting off-topic)
:P
Nope. Dead serious. ;D